Have I mentioned that #BrightClubStAndrews is returning to the #ByreTheatre in a few weeks? byretheatre.com/shows/bright...

#BrightClub #BrightClubStAndrews is returning to the #ByreTheatre June 10th for some smart laughs and a few pints! byretheatre.com/shows/bright...

Something I'm wrestling with today on my #PGDE journey is: what happens if #Teaching isn't right for me? Ive spent 17 years with life oriented towards teaching and/research, I dunno what else I'm suitable for. 1/n

#bbcdn Scottish Parliament election televised debate was good but very unsurprising. A lot of the same talking over each other and answering their own questions. How I think they did 1) libDem 2) green 3) snp 4) Labour 5) Reform 6) Conservative #election #scotland

Languages matters, for story telling and identity. If I say that I failed my #PhD, it sounds like I was incapable. But if I say my PhD was downgraded after resubmission, it puts an onus on my examiners and supervisor. The collective failed, not just the individual. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Between submitting my #PhD thesis correction and learning it'd be failed, I had a lunch with my supervisors. Durign which, they both said academia had changed so much that if they were starting out again they wouldn't stay. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice 1/2

I wanna author a paper on sleep in insects and call it 'Cicadian Rhythms'. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Wonder if I resubmitted my #PhD thesis to another uni if itd be approved or at least if I'd be given an appropriate framework to successfully resubmit it? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Not my former department offering 4 year #PhD/lectureship 💀 Where was this when I was applying? Hope Tue candidate gets fully supported and doesn't fall through the cracks like I did. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Who'd spend 10.5 years on a #PhD to walk away with an #MPhil? That'd be identity destroying. Couldn't be me 👀 #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Academics who don't want to teach baffle me I mean, what do you think the 'academy' is for? Research is also important, but the aim is to develop the future generations to do so. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

#BrightClubStAndrews is tomo folx! wegottickets.com/event/691981 #BrightClub

#BrightClubStAndrews is so soon! I'll be working the door, then enjoying our 6 funny folks and our wonderful MC! Come if you can, it's only a fiver :) wegottickets.com/event/691981 P. S. There's a bar ;) #BrightClub

First revision lesson today: 2nd year 'Food&Feeding'. 5 station, each in a different theme, and with similar but differing activities. E. G. Answering fixed and open ended Qs, matching key terms to images and definitions, and labelling the body. #PGDE #Teaching #Science #Biology

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA My former uni, which allowed my #PhD to be downgraded at the last hurdle, has the gaul to ask for donations. You're rich af. If you can't operate without donations, try axing middle and higher management. Get fucked. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Latest post about my #PGDE journey becoming a high school #Biology #Teacher. I talk about my second assignment and starting to actually teach full lessons! bencturnbull.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/p...

So I finally did it. I taught my first whole lesson of high school. The anxiety of build up followed by the release afterwards felt like uncorking fizzy wine. I've got a lot of developed, but it wasn't enarly as tough as I'd imagined. #PGDE #Teaching #Science #Biology

This didn't happen as I was unwell, but it is happening this week. Any advice from jnr teachers? Ive never been this nervous for teaching in any other context. #PGDE #Teaching #Science #Biology

Academia will give you examples of how to best do and present research, only to criticise and fail you for then doing so. Ti's like there's an unspoken leap you have to take to succeed. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

What do you think you'd feel if your #PhD was downgraded at the last hurdle to an #MPhil? Specially after providing a record of how you met your revision criteria and having had your supervisor look at all your revisions. Le sigh. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

TIL that the assumption of Homoscedasticity applies to residuals and not data in linear models. I think we do learners a disservice in #Statistics #Education by simplifying concepts to the point that they're wrong. Very frustrating. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice #Teaching #Science

Sorting through my various docs today and found stuff pertaining to my #PhD. Those were worthwhile... I could be a head of department by now, had I gone straight into #Teaching #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Potentially/probably teaching my first full period this week. Pretty nervous. Don't really know how to remedy that bar a lot of prep. This is hard. #PGDE #Teaching #Science #Biology

Didn't get the job. A little disappointed, I'd never felt more suitable for a position before and was over qualified compared to the candidate criteria. Hoping for some useful feedback to take me forward. We persevere. #PGDE #Teaching #Science #Biology #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Interveiw for a "Variable Lecturer" job today. Still don't quite know what that means, and they give no expected hours in the advert. I'm more than an ideal fit, however. So I'm quite confident I'll get an offer. Still nervous. #PGDE #Teaching #Science #Biology #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Last week, I gave my second update on my #PGDE journey! #Teaching #Science #Biology #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice Anything you wanna know about the process, let me know!

Disappointed that my former uni closed my email acc without warning or grace period. Didn't have chance to move inprotwnt project conversations to my personal acc.

Academia ve like "we know good work when we see it, but we won't help you get there". How tf are people supposed to cross that boundary then? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Been thinking lately about how I've received more active support and affirmations from a different department in the last 2 years than I ever got in 10 years from the department I did my #PhD in. No advocacy after I was failed, just sorrys. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

#Stats friends: Why do the calculation of p values and CIs assume normality of residuals? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Tomo I Co-teach my first high school class. I'm so freaking nervous. All I have to do is deliver what the teacher already planned. #PGDE #Teaching #Science #BGE

It's about a year since I 'graduated' with a degree I didn't study for, after my #PhD was downgraded to an MPhil. But a friend is graduating today and I'm so very happy for her. She had leaves and extensions, and despite life happening, she's done it! #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Imagine hosting this event with no #PhD students present... Maybe it's to mask the awful environment and support you'll receive... #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Anyone thinking of doing a #PGDE or #PGCE to become a #Teacher, anything you'd like to know about the process? #Teaching #Science #Biology #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

#PGDE anxiety is sinking it. #Teaching seems like such a consuming job, and I'm absolutely knackered just doing observations one day a week. Can't see how I'll cope prepping, delivering, and evaluating a full schedule of classes. Any advice from #Teachers? #Biology #Science

There's been so many horror stories of #PhD student maltreatment. Lack of support to finish/pass, abusive relationships leading to restarting with new supervisors, having to remove supervisors for lack of input. 1/2 #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

The losing a #PhD trauma is so recurring. I want to be excited and interested in friends' work, but I just feel a deep anguish whenever they talk about their research or their theses. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

I started a part time #PGDE in August :) Interested in that journey? Take a peak at my blog! #Biology #Science #Teacher #Teaching

Feeling some mixed-emotions. It's almost a year since I 'graduated' with an MPhil after studying 10.5 years for a #PhD. Friends, colleagues, online strangers were outraged and deeply sympathetic. 1/2 #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Missing placement day 5 of my #PGDE due to sickness. Feel bad for doing so, and struggling to actively rest. I am a terrible sick person.

#Maths nerds: Is a helix a simple spiral, like a line is a lil ear curve, or are they mathematically different objects? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Since August I've been doing a #PGDE to become a high school #Biology #Teacher. Here're my reflections so far :) Ask me anything :) bencturnbull.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/p...

Srs Q: Why is " New paper out!" acceptable #scicom? Shouldn't we be describing, in simple terms, the question, significance, findings, and future and not just announcing our achievements? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Nothing like a warm, jovial, academic comedy night to trigger your #PhD trauma. Academia really needs a mechanism to prevent folks spending a decade of life on something only to be set up to fail. 1/2 #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

#DNAReplication Q: 1) Why does DNA Primase make RNA primers? 2) Why can't DNA Polymerase start a DNA chain? Both facts seems quite inefficient, is it a relic from RNA world? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

If someone does a #PhD to their best under the guidance given, submits thesis corrections per the examiners outline and with input from their supervisor, and the have their degree downgraded... What amount of fault is theirs? AFAF 👀 #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

#Evolution #Photosynthesis Q: Why isn't green light used by the primary photosystems? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

Rest in piece #JaneGoodall. Modern legend of natural sciences. Thank you for treating your animals with so much respect.

First day of UG teaching this year and am nervous af. Always am to meet my first years. Plus, am feeling a lil overwhelmed by my current workload. Hope y'all are doing well! #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice

#PGDE Week4: I've got 2 weeks of tasks to do, I'm quite overwhelmed. Not sure how much is absolutely essential either. Feeling a little lost. #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice